The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 4785

Copy of "Psyche, Calling Love to Her Aid" by C. A. Fraikin

Object details

Image size: h 19.1cm x w 24.4cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Physical description: waxed

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-2888

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 4785

Copy of "Psyche, Calling Love to Her Aid" by C. A. Fraikin

Keywords: Sculpture

A plaster version of this sculpture by Charles Auguste Fraikin (1817-1893) was displayed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 (catalogue number 465). The label accompanying it during the exhibition is just visible in the photograph, below the sculpture.

A Talbot project blog post is dedicated to photography and the Great Exhibition, which this photograph is related to.

The sculpture is now held by the Fraiklin Museum, Belgium.